Railroad rail



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RAILROAD RAIL Fil ed Aug. 1, L928 INVENTOR. Jan Z'o L oMoiuzco ATTORNEY.

Patented July 9, 1929.

UNITED STATES SANTO LO MONACO, CLEVELAND, OHIO.

RAILROAD ll-AIL,

Amilication filed August 1, 1928. Serial No. 296,750.

This invention relates to railroad rails and one object of the invention is to provide a rail adapted to be engaged by the flange wheels of railroad cars and. so termed that the wheels will be retained, upon the rails and prevented :irom moving o'l'l' them it the trucks oi. a car attempted to shift transversely of a track. It often happens that when a car is moving along a. track having rails of a conventional construction the trucks will shift transversely it the rails are worn or not properly spaced from each other thereby allowing the :ar to tilt and turn over on one side but by having the ..Z1llS constructed in accordance with this invention such tilting will be prevented.

Another object of the invention is to provide a rail. formed with a center groove in its head and having passages leading from the groove or channel. so that water accumulating in the groove from rain or melting snow may pass out of the groove instead of Freezing therein and forming ice which would. be liable to cause the wheels of a car to leave the track.

Another object of the invention is to form the rail with drain openings leadin from the groove or channel through the web and base oi the rail and so located that they will not cause the rail to be weakened.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawiu wherein Figure 1 is a top plan. View ot a section of a track and showing the improved rails in place;

Fig. 2 is an enlarged transverse sectional view through the track taken on the line 22 of Fig. 1, and

Fig. 3 is a perspective view showing a fragmentoi one of the improved rails with a portion thereof disclosed in transverse section.

In, Figure 1, there has been shown a, portion of a track which maybe of any length desired and includes ties 1 spaced from each other the usual distance and serving to support rails.

2 which are secured upon the ties by the usual spikes 3. The rails maybe o'l any length and weight desired. and each is formed with a wide base l supporting an upstanding web 5' at the upper end of? which is formed a head 6. The head projects from opposite sides of the web an equal distance, as clearly shown in Fi 2, an d the upper or (JQiUl surface of the head is termed with a longitudinally extending groove or channel 7 which is of greater depth than the flange of a car wheel, such as indi cated by dotted lines in Fig. 2 and designated by the numeral 8. By having the grooves of greater depth than the flanges ot the wheels, there will he no danger of the flanges resting upon the bottoms of the grooves and thereby causing the flanges to be broken or the wheels to leave the rails. During rainy weather or when snow is melting, water would collect in the grooves formed in the rails and would be liable to freeze, and in order to prevent water from accumulating in the grooves, I provide each rail with a number of drain. passages 9 which extend vertically through the web of the rail, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, with their upper ends communicating with the groove and their lower ends opening through the under surface of "the base of the rail. 'llhe'retore, the water may easily drain out of the groove. Some of these drain openings might become obstructed or'water may gather in a groove faster than it could. drain out of the same through the passages 9, and I have, therefore, provided the head 01 the rail with recesses 10 which correspond in depth to the groove and eXten d transversely of the rail head at one side of the groove. By having the recesses oil. the same depth as the groove they will be flush with the bottom thereof and water can easily 'l'low from the groove through these recesses. It will thus be seen that water can very easily pass out of the groove through the passages 9 and recesses 10 and will not be liable to freeze in the groove. Since the recesses are at the opposite side of the groove from the portion of the head. upon wl'iich the wheel rests, they will not prevent car wheels from rolling smoothly along the rail. It should also be noted that since the groove is located directly above the web and midway its thickness the passages 9 will not cause the rail to be unduly weakened. thereby eliminating d anger of a broken rail. hen a car is moving along a track, the wheels rest upon the rails and the flanges of the wheels are received in the grooves. If a car attempts to shift trans- VOI'SGlY in either direction, this n'iovement will be stopped by the flanges of: the wheels con tactin g with side walls of the groove formed in. the rails and, therefore, the wheels cannot leave the rails and also the car will be prevented from tilting transversely and turning over. I have, therefore, provided. a rail which will be strong and durable and so constructed that ice Will be prevented from forming in its groove and a car prevented from being liable to turn over.

Having thus described the invention, I claim: o

A track rail having a base, an upstanding Web, and a head carried by said Web and having a channel formed longitudinally in its tread surface, the rail being formed with 10 drain passagesleading from the bottom of the channel in spaced relation to each other longitudinally thereof, one wall of the channels having transversely extending recesses formed therein and having open upper ends, and constituting drains leading from one side of the channel and opening through a side face of the head to discharge water upon one side of the head.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

SANTO LO MONACO. 

